System, Structure and Control

This was the fifth in the successful IFAC series of meetings entitled "System, Structure and Control." Previous meetings were held in Praha (1982 and 1992), Nantes (1995) and Bucharest (1997).
All the invited sessions were accepted, and the final selection led to a total of 132 papers in the technical program. This consisted of 27 sessions over 3 parallel tracks for the 3 days of the conference.
The presentations covered a range of topics concerning the analysis and control of systems. These included new trends in time delay systems; linear, nonlinear, time-varying and periodic systems; stability; robustness; non integer differentiation in modeling identification and control; discrete events; dynamic systems; and applications.

Acesta a fost al cincilea din seria de reuniuni IFAC de succes intitulata „Sistem, structura si control”. Intalnirile anterioare au avut loc la Praha (1982 si 1992), Nantes (1995) si Bucuresti (1997). Toate sesiunile invitate au fost acceptate, iar selectia finala a condus la un total de 132 de lucrari in programul tehnic.